Planet of the Drapes

Is it curtains for the crew?

The Benson crew visits the galaxy's sweltering, curtain-making capital in Damask. They want to spruce up the ship with some soft furnishings, but they get more than they haggled for when they're hired to infiltrate an industry darling's latest soiree for a spot of espionage.

In Damask, creative differences are seldom amicable.

Throw in rival battalions of security guards armed with rifles and 'your mum' jokes, a soupcon of cutthroat assassins, and marinate in free alcohol. It's no wonder things go downhill fast.

Malloy's inebriated confrontation with his inner demons doesn't help matters, and neither does Li's inability to stand still and keep quiet. The situation goes from bad to worse when a corpse is discovered centre stage (literally!), and Malloy's the chief suspect.

Worse still, the curtains are rebelling. Weary of being strung up all day, they cast off their rails and string up their tormentors in gruesome revenge.

Can the Bensonites escape rough justice when half the team's sloshed on their cocktail of choice? With a little help from their new friends, anything's possible.

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